{"product_id":"the-family-life-project-isbn-9781118863633","title":"The Family Life Project","description":"\u003cp\u003eAbout 20% of children in the United States live in rural communities, with child poverty rates higher and geographic isolation from resources greater than in urban communities. Yet, there have been surprisingly few studies of children living in rural communities, especially poor rural communities. The Family Life Project helped fill this gap by using an epidemiological design to recruit and study a representative sample of every baby born to a mother who resided in one of six poor rural counties over a one year period, oversampling for poverty and African American. 1,292 children were followed from birth to 36 months of age. This study used a cumulative risk framework to examine the relation between social risk and children's executive functioning, language development, and behavioral competence at 36 months. Using both the Family Process Model of development and the Family Investment Model of development, observed parenting was examined as a mediator and\/or moderator of this relationship. Results suggested that cumulative risk predicted all three major domains of child outcomes and that positive and negative parenting and maternal language complexity were mediators of these relations. Maternal positive parenting was found to be a buffer for the most risky families in predicting behavioral competence. In a final model using both family process and investment measures, there was evidence of mediation but with little evidence of the specificity of parenting for particular outcomes. Discussion focused the implications for possible intervention strategies that might be effective in maximizing the early development of these children.\u003c\/p\u003e ABSTRACT vii \u003cp\u003eI. POVERTY, RURALITY, PARENTING, AND RISK: AN INTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLynne Vernon-Feagans and Martha Cox\u003c\/i\u003e 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. RECRUITMENT OF THE FAMILY LIFE PROJECT SAMPLE\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Willoughby, Margaret Burchinal, Patricia Garrett-Peters, Roger Mills-Koonce, Lynne Vernon-Feagans, and Martha Cox 24\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. THE DESCRIPTION OF THE FAMILIES AND CHILDREN\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatricia Garrett-Peters and Roger Mills-Koonce\u003c\/i\u003e 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV. POVERTY AND ASSOCIATED SOCIAL RISKS: TOWARD A CUMULATIVE RISK FRAMEWORK\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMargaret Burchinal and Michael Willoughby\u003c\/i\u003e 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV. CUMULATIVE RISK AND ITS RELATION TO PARENTING AND CHILD OUTCOMES AT 36 MONTHS\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFLP Key Investigators\u003c\/i\u003e 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVI. DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CHILDREN LIVING IN RURAL POVERTY\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFLP Key Investigators\u003c\/i\u003e 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eREFERENCES 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eACKNOWLEDGMENTS 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCOMMENTARY\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRURAL CHILDREN AT RISK 127\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRand D. Conger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCONTRIBUTORS 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSTATEMENT OF EDITORIAL POLICY 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSUBJECT INDEX 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLynne Vernon-Feagans\u003c\/b\u003e (Ph.D., University of Michigan) is the William C. Friday Distinguished Professor of Applied Developmental Science and Special Education in the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has focused her research on children at risk, including children living in rural poverty and children at risk for poor language and literacy development.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartha Cox\u003c\/b\u003e (Ph.D., University of Virginia) is a Professor of Psychology and past Director of the Center for Developmental Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is best known for her longitudinal studies of family processes and relationships and children’s social and emotional development. She has contributed to the development of observational techniques in the study of families.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRand D. Conger\u003c\/b\u003e (Ph.D., University of Washington) is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Human Development, and Family Studies at the University of California–Davis. His program of research focuses on social, cultural, and individual characteristics that either promote successful development or lead to significant developmental problems.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990226583781,"sku":"NP9781118863633","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118863633.jpg?v=1761786982","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-family-life-project-isbn-9781118863633","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}